> Having to load an initial image of 70 MB or so would take a quite > long time to boot.
If he is just trying to get a dedicated *nix* applicance running then he doesn't need 70Mb of software, he could cut the contents of ~/ltsp/i386 down significantly. There are distros that fit on a floppy. But at 100Mbit switched, 70Mbyte could still happen in less than 10 secs.
> You would have to rely on an XDMCP server anyway (for > graphical stuff)....
Yeah but no reason he can't download and run this locally, we don't know that his "telco-grade" applicance requires a graphics interface.
As I understand it, he wants to network boot a machine and once it's running it can "stand-alone". I.E if the server goes down there's no reason this "applicance" has to die.
Probably not what LTSP was designed for but as I said just my $0.02 worth
Cheers
P.
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